What's necessary for a 5 on Calc BC?

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<p>How well do you have to do on MC/free response to get a 5, generally? I'm especially worried about the free response section... are the free response parts to calc BC supposed to be really hard? </p>

<p>I took the 2006 free response and was completely demolished by it:</p>

<p>Part A:</p>

<h1>1 - 9 pts out of 9</h1>

<h1>2 - 9 pts out of 9</h1>

<p>*#3 - 3 pts out of 9</p>

<p>Part B:</p>

<h1>4 - 9 pts out of 9</h1>

<p>*#5 - 4 pts out of 9
*#6 - 0 pts out of 9</p>

<p>I haven't taught myself differential equations or series yet, and #5 and #6 involved series, so that probably lowered my score a bit. But I'm still really worried about this... out of 54 possible points so far I only got 34. Estimating that #5 and #6 each would've been a 5, it's still only a 44 out of 54. Is that enough for a 5?</p>

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<p>44 out of 54 is more than enough. AP Calc is notorious as one of those exams that you can answer half right and still get a five.</p>

<p>I would say don't worry about it:)</p>

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<p>Yea...getting more than 30...and doing ok on the multiple choice gets you AT LEAST a 3...so a 44 is pretty darn good.</p>

<p>I got a 45 on a practice FRQ in class...and everyone was like..."WHOA!!" "Oh my gosh!"</p>

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<p>How long does it take to self-study all the BC material in the review books? I have yet to start. =]</p>

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<p>lydia, I started like a week ago and I still feel pretty overwhelmed... but I'm also a pretty slow learner. You could probably do it in a few days without killing yourself, maybe. </p>

<p>Another question: how many multiple choice would put you in a good position for a 5?</p>

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<p>I think that some other post said that you needed a total of 64 out of 108 points for a 5 (for the 2003 test, anyway). If FRQs give you a potential 54, then I guess you only need a raw score of 10 on the MC?!?!. I think that there are, like, 45 MC questions, but they're supposedly multiplied by a corrective factor to make them worth 50% of the grade (45MC*1.2 + 54FRQ = 108). So, say that you expect about 44 for the FRQ; then I guess that you only need 17 MC questions correct (with the rest being omitted). Something about this sounds really wrong, so don't trust me.</p>

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<p>We have less than a week to go and you still havent learned sequences!? Hah, that's kind of funny.</p>

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<p>No I'm starting to freak out. I only know a couple of topics, like L'Hopital's Rule. I just reviewed some parametrics today. But I haven't learned sequences or Taylor series. =[ Is that really bad?</p>

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<p>my calc teacher said that the BC test has A LOT of Taylor series...it's not that hard to learn, so try to get a good idea of it before the AP. Good luck!</p>

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<p>bc calc is not bad...but physics is scaring me</p>

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<p>Taylor series = the easiest and funnest part of calc BC by far.</p>

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<p>has anyone taken the BC calc test from previous years? Really, how hard is it to get a 4 or 5 if you are not a BRILLIANT calc student?</p>

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<p>brightandshiny, I second your question. </p>

<p>lydia, if I were you I'd start studying like crazy : P But I mean, most of the topics covered are pretty basic, so I'd imagine you'll still be in good shape given that you're comfortable with basic calculus. </p>

<p>In addition to studying for calc BC I'm also teaching myself physics C and preparing for chem, which really sucks. And physics is really scaring the crap out of me. W/e, I just want a 5 on chem and calc.</p>

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<p>In 2003, you only needed a 29 to pass the test if I remember right.</p>

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<p>How is the test graded? Is each MC question one point and each FR 9 points?</p>

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<p>Yeah, each FR question is worth 9 points, there are normally 4 pieces to each FR question. MC is 1 point, and whatever you miss on MC is minus .25 of a point. You can nearly get a 5 on the test just by getting all the FR correct.</p>

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<p>A brain and a pencil, as my teacher said.</p>

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<p>are there any time constraints and is the curve good for a 5</p>

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<p>i had a friend who only knew AB stuff (but he knew it real well and could score at least 95% on the AB practice tests) and went and took the BC exam. he told me he got all the AB stuff and for all the BC stuff in the BC exam he simply guessed and put down random garbage and he walked away with a 5 so id say getting a 5 on the BC exam shouldn't be too hard</p>